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Originally posted by: dixie123

@Arti: kiski shaadi mein gayi thi that u saw Raj Babbar and some other actors ? U got. Private invite Kay ? 😉

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What goof up happened Aditi and Appy ? 😕

Stuck Russian Plane Gets a Push, Possibly Symbolic, From Passengers

MOSCOW: If ever there was a moment to award bonus frequent flier miles, this would seem to be it.

With their plane stuck near the terminal and a tow truck apparently stalled, dozens of passengers at an airport in the Russian town of Igarka, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle, climbed out on the tarmac on Wednesday to help push the aircraft onto the runway.

The temperature was roughly 44 degrees below zero Celsius (47 below zero Fahrenheit).

It was a scene that quickly entered the world's fast-growing pantheon of legendary YouTube clips, and a spectacle so far-fetched that even by the end of the night there were disputed accounts about whether some or all of it might have been staged, or if the passengers' efforts were more symbolic than real.

What is clear is this: Some number of the 74 passengers and seven crew members planning to take a charter flight on Katekavia, a division of UTAir airlines, from Igarka to the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk were recorded standing on the snow-covered tarmac, pushing the wings of a Tupolev-134 jet, apparently helping the plane roll in reverse toward a runway.

As is often the case after a controversial incident in Russia, there were deeply conflicting accounts as to precisely what - or who - was to blame.

A statement by the West Siberia Transportation Prosecutor (the Russian general prosecutor's office has a special division to deal with potentially criminal transit mishaps) said that the braking system on the landing gear had frozen, and what officials called a tow truck, which actually pushes the plane with a metal arm, had stalled.

"Passengers got off the plane and began to push it on the taxiway," according to the statement, which added that prosecutors "will assess the legality of the actions of all those involved."

Oksana A. Gorbunova, a spokeswoman for the transport prosecutor, told the Tass news agency that the effort by the passengers - described as workers for a local oil company - was "more like a joke" and took place after they were asked to disembark from the plane while it was moved.

With the plane's wings nearly 6 feet off the ground, Gorbunova said that passengers had to stretch just to reach up and touch them.

Budging the approximately 70-ton aircraft by hand was simply not possible.

"In order to deliver the plane to the taxiway, the passengers were invited to leave the plane and move to a bus parked nearby," Gorbunova said. "After that, some of them arbitrarily left the bus and approached the plane trying to assist with the use of physical force."

Air safety in Russia is no laughing matter, particularly among regional airlines, which often rely on aging Soviet-era fleets and have had a spotty record over the years. Even now, at a time when the national carrier, Aeroflot, has one of the most modern fleets in the industry and is celebrated for excellent customer service, Russian passengers routinely applaud loudly after every safe landing.

In the case of the charter plane in Igarka, the technical director of the airline, Vladimir Artemenko, told the Interfax news agency that there was never anything wrong with the plane and blamed the truck for the problems.

In any event, the aircraft eventually took off and completed the roughly three-hour flight south to Krasnoyarsk, a regional capital in Siberia - by all accounts, without passenger assistance.

MUMBAI: Many have been vocal about women and their rights, but only a few have been able to bring in the change.

One man through his writing is doing just the same. He can even be categorised as someone who has been instrumental in shaping how daily soaps show a woman's role in and outside her house. Telling the stories of women in shows like Astitva- Ek Prem Kahani and Saath Phere on Zee TV and Balika Vadhu on Colors is none other than Purnendu Shekhar.

For The Content Hub', indiantelevision.com spoke to Shekhar, who comes with a belief that to be a good storyteller, one needs to first understand his/her family especially the women who run the house and their lives.

When he joined the TV industry, it was dominated by highly dramatised melodramatic series like Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki. He tried to cut out of that tradition by bringing in realism through Astitva - Ek Prem Kahani.

According to him, if cinema is predominantly male dominated, it is the TV, which represents the female. "In most cases, television serials are known for the women characters in it," says Shekhar. As he always makes the central character emotionally strong and vibrant, he has chosen only female protagonists, so far. He puts them in difficult situations, and sees how they cope up.

Six and half years and still running strong, Balika Vadhu today is considered as one of the longest running show on television. Was it a tough nut to crack? Agreeing to it, Shekhar says that in today's scenario where new channels are mushrooming every now and then; there are tons of stories being told on television. "With every channel narrating stories on a daily basis, sometimes the idea doesn't remain new anymore," says Shekhar.

A writer's biggest task is how he moulds different storylines and characters together without losing the essence of the plot. "That's the challenging job. It's not easy to narrate or churn out new/ fresh ideas on a daily basis. More than the idea, how you approach a story is the biggest challenge."

He cites the example Astitva where he had used certain elements that viewers had already seen in Balaji's shows, but what was different, was the approach. He goes on to say that writers don't create anything new, but repeat what has already been told on television by good old writers and present it to the viewers with twists and modifications. "In today's time, if any writer says I create original, then I am sorry I disagree with them. Writer's job is to observe what the good old television writers have done and follow their footsteps, but with twists and turns keeping in mind today's culture, values and traditions. We all borrow thoughts."

He adds, "We have the same plot but it changes with time and characters bring in the freshness. For my shows, nobody felt that I had used the same storyline because the presentation and the way it was approached was quiet different."

With daily soaps, a writer has to work under tremendous pressure to keep the story and characters interesting. Shekhar highlights that dialogues are very important in any TV series as they take the maximum share of a character's social existence.

When asked how he keeps the freshness alive and comes up with ideas for a story, he credits his observation power and memory. It was his own childhood experiences that motivated him to write a script on child marriage; giving birth to Balika Vadhu. According to him, for a writer, anything can trigger an idea; sometimes what he observes in the surroundings makes a story and sometimes memories can germ it.

He sits with his team of writers, guides them, and even solves problems if a series stops working. He further states that the toughest job at times is to change or modify a certain plot or a track and still makes sense of it. "There can be many reasons to it, at times a track fails to click with the audiences or the similar track starts running on some other show, so here comes a writer's skills and expertise to deal with the situation and go strong with the storyline without losing its essence."

He agrees that it is a difficult task to get good story tellers on-board. "I get to see very less talent or pool of writers who have read literature and have done some great work in the past. They lack knowledge skills and are not well-equipped with what the audience requires."

Shekhar further highlights that because of this shift, the life of a television show is also going down. "If we see today, the new shows don't run for long like the older ones. Today, shows like Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus, Uttaran and Balika Vadhu on Colors have seen the life span of more than six years. What about the rest?" Shekhar asks.

http://www.indiantelevision.com/specials/event-coverage/content-hub/a-few-new-writers-haven-t-even-read-literature-purnendu-shekhar-141125

Originally posted by: RTee

"A few new writers haven't even read literature": Purnendu Shekhar

By Disha Shah Posted on : 25 Nov 2014 06:45 pm

MUMBAI: Many have been vocal about women and their rights, but only a few have been able to bring in the change.

One man through his writing is doing just the same. He can even be categorised as someone who has been instrumental in shaping how daily soaps show a woman's role in and outside her house. Telling the stories of women in shows like Astitva- Ek Prem Kahani and Saath Phere on Zee TV and Balika Vadhu on Colors is none other than Purnendu Shekhar.

For The Content Hub', indiantelevision.com spoke to Shekhar, who comes with a belief that to be a good storyteller, one needs to first understand his/her family especially the women who run the house and their lives.

When he joined the TV industry, it was dominated by highly dramatised melodramatic series like Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki. He tried to cut out of that tradition by bringing in realism through Astitva - Ek Prem Kahani.

According to him, if cinema is predominantly male dominated, it is the TV, which represents the female. "In most cases, television serials are known for the women characters in it," says Shekhar. As he always makes the central character emotionally strong and vibrant, he has chosen only female protagonists, so far. He puts them in difficult situations, and sees how they cope up.

Six and half years and still running strong, Balika Vadhu today is considered as one of the longest running show on television. Was it a tough nut to crack? Agreeing to it, Shekhar says that in today's scenario where new channels are mushrooming every now and then; there are tons of stories being told on television. "With every channel narrating stories on a daily basis, sometimes the idea doesn't remain new anymore," says Shekhar.

A writer's biggest task is how he moulds different storylines and characters together without losing the essence of the plot. "That's the challenging job. It's not easy to narrate or churn out new/ fresh ideas on a daily basis. More than the idea, how you approach a story is the biggest challenge."

He cites the example Astitva where he had used certain elements that viewers had already seen in Balaji's shows, but what was different, was the approach. He goes on to say that writers don't create anything new, but repeat what has already been told on television by good old writers and present it to the viewers with twists and modifications. "In today's time, if any writer says I create original, then I am sorry I disagree with them. Writer's job is to observe what the good old television writers have done and follow their footsteps, but with twists and turns keeping in mind today's culture, values and traditions. We all borrow thoughts."

He adds, "We have the same plot but it changes with time and characters bring in the freshness. For my shows, nobody felt that I had used the same storyline because the presentation and the way it was approached was quiet different."

Shekhar highlights that dialogues are very important in any TV series as they take the maximum share of a character's social existence.

When asked how he keeps the freshness alive and comes up with ideas for a story, he credits his observation power and memory. It was his own childhood experiences that motivated him to write a script on child marriage; giving birth to Balika Vadhu. According to him, for a writer, anything can trigger an idea; sometimes what he observes in the surroundings makes a story and sometimes memories can germ it.

He sits with his team of writers, guides them, and even solves problems if a series stops working. He further states that the toughest job at times is to change or modify a certain plot or a track and still makes sense of it. "There can be many reasons to it, at times a track fails to click with the audiences or the similar track starts running on some other show, so here comes a writer's skills and expertise to deal with the situation and go strong with the storyline without losing its essence."

He agrees that it is a difficult task to get good story tellers on-board. "I get to see very less talent or pool of writers who have read literature and have done some great work in the past. They lack knowledge skills and are not well-equipped with what the audience requires."

Shekhar further highlights that because of this shift, the life of a television show is also going down. "If we see today, the new shows don't run for long like the older ones. Today, shows like Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus, Uttaran and Balika Vadhu on Colors have seen the life span of more than six years. What about the rest?" Shekhar asks.

http://www.indiantelevision.com/specials/event-coverage/content-hub/a-few-new-writers-haven-t-even-read-literature-purnendu-shekhar-141125